O. Reg. 570/17: CONTROLLED ACTS

Made: November 30, 2017 Approved: December 13, 2017 Filed: December 21, 2017 Published on e-Laws: December 21, 2017 Printed in The Ontario Gazette: January 6, 2018

Amending O. Reg. 107/96

(CONTROLLED ACTS)

1. Ontario Regulation 107/96 is amended by adding the following sections:

7.2 During the period that begins on December 30, 2017 and ends on December 31, 2019, a person is exempt from subsection 27 (1) of the Act for the purpose of treating, by means of psychotherapy technique, delivered through a therapeutic relationship, an individual’s serious disorder of thought, cognition, mood, emotional regulation, perception or memory that may seriously impair the individual’s judgement, insight, behaviour, communication or social functioning.

7.3 A person is exempt from subsections 27 (1) and 30 (1) of the Act for the purpose of treating, by means of psychotherapy technique, delivered through a therapeutic relationship, an individual’s serious disorder of thought, cognition, mood, emotional regulation, perception or memory that may seriously impair the individual’s judgement, insight, behaviour, communication or social functioning where such act is done as part of the requirements to become a member of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers and the act is done under the supervision or direction of a member of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers.

Commencement

2. This Regulation comes into force on the later of December 30, 2017 and the day it is filed.